Is livescope a type of sonar or is it a brand?

 

is live scope the same thing as forward facing sonar?

 

If it’s a type, which is the best?

 

Can it be used with a Garmin striker and if so which ones?

 

 

 

Edit your title!

Live Scope is a trade name. Forward Scanning Sonar is a type of scanning sonar vs 360 degree or side scanning sonar.

The big difference is “live” vs displayed images that tradition sonar displays scrolling across the screen are a history not real time.

Live doesn’t scan it’s stationary and user can point it directional to look at a specific area. Combined with scanning sonar the operate knows where to point the “live” imaging.

Tom

 

Garmin owns Live Scope and to my knowledge was the first to introduce it to the commercial market.    Active Target is Lowrances version, and Hummingbird has MegaLive 

 

All forms of Forward Facing Sonar.   

 

No it can't be used with the Striker series, you need a LVS 32/34 transducer a GL10 blackbox, and then a compatible Garmin chartplotter to run Garmin's Live Scope.   

Remember way back when they called it panoptics? Panoptix? That so 2019

2 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

Remember way back when they called it panoptics? Panoptix? That so 2019

Milliken called it "Pamela" back then in his videos ?

22 hours ago, AlabamaSpothunter said:

Garmin owns Live Scope and to my knowledge was the first to introduce it to the commercial market.    Active Target is Lowrances version, and Hummingbird has MegaLive 

 

All forms of Forward Facing Sonar.   

 

No it can't be used with the Striker series, you need a LVS 32/34 transducer a GL10 blackbox, and then a compatible Garmin chartplotter to run Garmin's Live Scope.   

how is forward scanning sonar different than 360?

23 minutes ago, Jeffrey Walker said:

how is forward scanning sonar different than 360?

You aim FFS at a target, and it's real time

 

360 is unique to Hummingbird, and it's a 360 degree view in a 125ft circle radius of your boat position, works similar to side imaging 

MEGA 360 Imaging® - Humminbird (johnsonoutdoors.com)

If you could have 2 screens or 2 setups which would be the most ideal?

 

i still don’t know the difference?

7 minutes ago, Jeffrey Walker said:

i still don’t know the difference?

Humminbird is the only one that offers 360 sonar, so that is unique to them.

 

Mega live, live scope, and active target are all similar versions of live sonar which is also referred to as forward facing sonar.

 

Edit your thread title. It’s not live scooe lol

lol, i don’t know how to edit the title, sorry.

 

So which is best for lake fishing i’m getting a dual monitor setup, want to get a traditional sonar and something forward facing or 360

or whatever

10 minutes ago, Jeffrey Walker said:

If you could have 2 screens or 2 setups which would be the most ideal?

 

i still don’t know the difference?

Garmin Livescope LVS34 on the biggest size Garmin chartplotter screen size you can afford...touchscreen models even better.  This unit would be dedicated to the Livescope

 

Second unit would be a 12" Garmin Echomap Ultra Chartplotter with the included transducer that has down/side scan, along with charts/maps.    

 

A third unit at the console of the boat would be ideal as well if you're in a traditional Bass rig. 

 

I'm nobody, this is just what I'd run.   

We’re talking kayak here, so i’m thinking 2 7-9in screens at most. 

Kayak....how far do you want to push a boat that tips over?

Better off putting 100 lbs of gear costing over 3k in a boat like a Jon modV.

Tom

Gonna get the new titan x model coming out. This will be my bass boat 

15 hours ago, Jeffrey Walker said:

Gonna get the new titan x model coming out. This will be my bass boat 

 Add Torqeedo light weight 3 hp kayak motor and it will be a bass boat?

16 hours ago, Jeffrey Walker said:

If you could have 2 screens or 2 setups which would be the most ideal?

 

i still don’t know the difference?

You don’t know the difference? One looks all around you hence 360 degrees. One looks forward hence forward facing. 
 

 

16 hours ago, gimruis said:

Edit your thread title. It’s not live scooe lol

What’s up with people on this forum being this way lately? Did you or did you not know what he meant? 

15 hours ago, Jeffrey Walker said:

We’re talking kayak here, so i’m thinking 2 7-9in screens at most. 

I don’t think that you can get a 7” livescope compatible screen. 
9” garmin is what I would go with on a kayak with lvs 34. 
That’s all I’d need on a kayak. My other graphs on the bass boat are relegated to mapping duties basically now. But on a kayak that’s not as important since you are running far. You can use your phone with navionics app. 
 

 

I’m not 100% sure but I think Scooe is a brand of snuff.  ?

Titles are easy to edit, click on the 3 dots upper right corner of your post to open the edit feature. My spelling and finger typing skills are poor and use the edit feature all the time.

Trying to decipher what a member is thinking is mind reading,  why not correct the mis spelling so we make stupid guesses?

Tom

2 hours ago, Tennessee Boy said:

I’m not 100% sure but I think Scooe is a brand of snuff.  ?